on 9/27/01 4:55 PM, makmac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mine does this because Norton is set to scan the drive after a predetermined > period of activity. The machine is asleep...but not really. Until I realized > what mine was doing, it was getting to me also. I always thought of sleep in > the same terms as when putting a PowerBook to sleep. Total inactivity with > just enough juice being drawn to keep data in memory. > > BTW, I ended up making the default interval between scans much longer.
Thanks. :) It's getting to me... No norton on it at all, just a straight macos 8.6 setup. You've given me food for thought though, it MIGHT be doing something with sherlock like indexing, but I thought that only happened in OS9... Thanks! -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
